Tech policy and US history expert Edward Longe talks data privacy, app stores, right to repair, content moderation, and cybersecurity.
The midterm election spawned a new political reality and configuration in Washington D.C., letting states will take the lead in technology policy as gridlock dominates Congress. The shift in power from Washington means peril or promise, depending on how lawmakers approach questions around technology.
The Republican recapture of the House of Representatives and Democrat control of the Senate means that a federal data standard that has enjoyed bipartisan support will struggle to gain traction. California Democrats demand that any federal statute should followor the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. Many Policy analysts have widely criticized these laws, noting reduced freedom of choice for consumers and increased costs on enterprise with compliance and litigation.
With Congressional Republicans and Democrats so far apart on the issue, state legislatures will inevitably step in and fill the void. So far California, Virginia, Connecticut, Colorado, and Utah have passed data laws, all of which were under a Republican or Democratic trifecta. With a record number of states under trifecta control after the November midterms, it seems likely that, given constituent demands, more states will consider their own data privacy requirements.
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